World Championship 2024 - Mixed Team Relay: Zürich-Zürich (53.7km)

[Earns1985]

Wow.. more than 2 minutes ahead..

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Panzerwagen Toni has returned, but it wasn't enough.

 

[RedheadDane]

That was close...

 

[Faserr]

Close.
I think only niedermeier was riding for the german women nearly the whole part.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Think Aus will take it

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wow there's nothing in it, 3 teams separated by 1s after this long is insane

 

[Samamba]

This close after 50+km is absolutely mindblowing

 

[Tim Cahill]

Nvm looks like the Aussies rode a huge last km, +5s

 

[Samamba]

France with the fastest last part, but their climb was too slow

 

[pastronef]

great win for AUS. I'm very happy for Jay Vine

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Danskebjerge]

I tried to find the separate split times for men and women at Procyclingstats, but could only find the accumulated times. Anyone knows how to?

 

[LTNN87]

I tried to find the separate split times for men and women at Procyclingstats, but could only find the accumulated times. Anyone knows how to?

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[Samu Cuenca]

I tried to find the separate split times for men and women at Procyclingstats, but could only find the accumulated times. Anyone knows how to?

Time splits for World Championships - Mixed Relay TTT 2024 Time trial

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[rallybanana]

Algeria overtaking Afghanistan.

They are now known as Afgeria

 

[yaco]

I feel sorry for Plapp missing this one after his injury in the Olympics. He'll be back at Guangxi.

Gotta say I enjoy TTT's. Reckon countries that run a national criterium could replace it with a mixed relay.

 

[Brullnux]

On one hand this is obviously a completely pointless event and they should rather bring the TTT world championship back where riders were participating with their team.

Having said this, these gimmick events always lead to funny situations, just checked the startlist and Italy are starting Realini. A 40kg feather in a TTT, hilarious stuff.

At least a few teams with good line ups, Switzerland, Australia, Germany. Even with Realini Italy might be the favorites.

I always found the trade team world championships TTT to be a bit weird in the context of national championships. That said, this is clearly Olympics fodder by turning two events into one and not clogging up athlete numbers/schedule (although if it were in the Olympics teams would take it seriously and it may be a more interesting event).

 

[Earns1985]

I feel sorry for Plapp missing this one after his injury in the Olympics. He'll be back at Guangxi.

Really, will he race again this season?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

German women beat all the other women's teams, but get a silver medal. Fundamentally flawed concept.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

German women beat all the other women's teams, but get a silver medal. Fundamentally flawed concept.

The point of any relay is to crown the country/team with the fastest accumulated time, which in this case was the Australian.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

And I think that the concept of relays, except in 4x100 where the changeover is a key skill, is fundamentally flawed. I see the value of the concept at club level, where the sport is largely about social links and bonding, but at elite level, it should be about who is the best, not who has the least weak weakest link.


Does anyone believe that, on the strength of their performance alone, the Australian women deserve those jerseys/medals/watches more than the German women?
Is anyone going to argue that the men and women had any meaningful integration of their efforts or mutual influence such that they meaningfully acted as one team?

As I said earlier, one may as well give bronze medals to Tarling and Henderson on the basis of their combined times earlier in the week. They were no less teammates than those competing in different circuits today.

 

[tobydawq]

And I think that the concept of relays, except in 4x100 where the changeover is a key skill, is fundamentally flawed. I see the value of the concept at club level, where the sport is largely about social links and bonding, but at elite level, it should be about who is the best, not who has the least weak weakest link.


Does anyone believe that, on the strength of their performance alone, the Australian women deserve those jerseys/medals/watches more than the German women?
Is anyone going to argue that the men and women had any meaningful integration of their efforts or mutual influence such that they meaningfully acted as one team?

As I said earlier, one may as well give bronze medals to Tarling and Henderson on the basis of their combined times earlier in the week. They were no less teammates than those competing in different circuits today.

I don't really agree with this point specifically (that all relays don't make sense) but I also think it could be done in infinitely more interesting ways than this. At least the climb made for some tactical considerations (do we go slow enough that everyone can make it over, or do we drill it at the cost of having less firepower after?) but I would much rather see the mixed relay as a regular road race.

 

[KZD]

Honestly surprised that it was this close between Australia and Germany. Happy that Vine manage to get a medal after his crash in the ITT.

Terrible performance from the Swiss once more.

 

[yaco]

Really, will he race again this season?

He will return for Guangxi. Then he'll do the Aussie summer block and probably UAE Tour.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

At least the climb made for some tactical considerations (do we go slow enough that everyone can make it over, or do we drill it at the cost of having less firepower after?)

Indeed: it was an intriguing course for a TTT. Just a shame to spoil it by adding two unrelated efforts together to determine the result.